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FRANK E. CORWVIN, OF EAST SAGINAW, MICHIGAN.

FIRE-LIGHTER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 362,147, dated May 3,1887.

Application filed September 8, 1886. Serial No. 213,024. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FRANK E. CORWIN, a citizen of the United States,residing at East Saginaw, in the county of Saginaw and State ofMichigan, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Fire-Lighters,of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates. to fire-kiudlers of that class used for startingfires in stoves, furnaces, 850., and has for its object the provision ofan article which shall be perfectly safe, in that it cannot explode, andwhich shall be cheap and simple in manufacture; and to these ends theinvention consists in the combination, arrangement, and nature of theseveral elements, substantially as hereinafter fully described, andspecifically pointed out in the claims.

The invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, which form apart of this specification, and in which- Figure 1 is an elevation of myimproved fire-kindler. Fig. 2 is a central section thereof.

In the embodiment of my invention I employ in combination a square blockof wood,

H, preferably of what is called fat pine or other resinous wood whichwill burn quickly; and, if desirable, this block may be saturated withkerosene or other combustible material or oil. It is then wound withcotton waste, yarn, or similar material, G, to any desired thickness.The whole is then coated with a preparation composed of pitch andsawdust,F, after passing through whichit assumes aspherical shape orconfiguration. The ball or sphere is then wound with another cover ofcotton waste, D, saturated with kerosene, after which it is completelycovered with heavy paper, B, preferably made for the purpose.

I attach special importance to the fact that, owing to the nature of theelements used in my invention and the method employed of combining them,the danger of explosion is entirely obviated.

After the final covering of paper has been applied, a channel, groove,or perforation,E, is bored from the periphery direct to the center,after which a second perforation, L, is

bored from a different point on the periphery and at right angles to theperforation E, to the center, where it joins the first, and in one ofthese channels, preferably L, is disposed awick or fuse, A, madepreferably of cotton waste saturated with kerosene or other combustiblematerial or oil. After the wick or fuse has been fired and completelyconsumed, the channels or passages serve as draft openings or exits forthe products of combustion, thereby facilitating the complete and quickcombustion of the kindler, and making it highly improbable of thekindler becoming smothered, and thereby extinguished, asis often thecase with other fire-kindlers.

I do not wish to confine myself to the precise method of combining theelements as hereinbefore set forth.

WhatI claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. In a fire-kindler, the combination, with a core or center of woodcovered, respectively, with cotton waste, a compound consisting of pitchand sawdust over the cotton waste, and a final covering of paper, of achannel extending through said kindler and provided at one end with afuse or wick, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

2. In acombustible fire-kindler, the combination of the followingelements, to wit: core or center H, cotton-waste covering G, a secondcovering consisting of a compound of pitch and sawdust, F, a thirdcovering of waste, D, and a final or fourth covering of paper, B, with achannel or groove, E, extending entirely through the sphere and providedwith a wick, A, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

3. A fire-kindler made from combustible material, having the openings EL formed through the same at right angles to each other and meeting atthe center, and a wick placed in one of said openings, as set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixedmy signature in presence of two witnesses.

FRANK E. GOItWIN.

Witnesses:

HENRY G. RorHwELL, JOHN A. OOMBs.

